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Dual monitor progs by Reaper on 01-06-2006 at 04:05 PM
are there any good programs that help with dual monitors. prefrably for ATi cards?
RE: Dual monitor progs by CookieRevised on 01-06-2006 at 04:29 PM
What do you mean with "help with dual monitors"? There is not really anything to "help". Graphic cards which support dual monitors come with special drivers, install them. To set things up go to your Windows Display Settings panel and usually there will be an extra tab where you can configure everything in detail.
RE: Dual monitor progs by Menthix on 01-06-2006 at 04:30 PM
ATi has their own tool called Hydravision.
RE: Dual monitor progs by Reaper on 01-06-2006 at 04:44 PM
lol sorry, i was a bit too vague. i want to set it up on my computer so i want to know if there are good programs to do that
RE: Dual monitor progs by CookieRevised on 01-06-2006 at 05:01 PM
quote:yes, the settings in the driver software
Originally posted by Reaper
lol sorry, i was a bit too vague. i want to set it up on my computer so i want to know if there are good programs to do that
RE: Dual monitor progs by Reaper on 01-06-2006 at 06:14 PM
ok i got it all setup now, my left screen will be my desktop and my right screen is for full screen apps. but when i run games they run in the left screen. how can i select applications to run on the right screen
RE: Dual monitor progs by CookieRevised on 01-06-2006 at 08:06 PM
Dunno for ATI video cards as I have nVidia, but it should be (roughly) the same.
Look for "Overlay Video" settings. Turn that on. You also might wanna set the proper settings in individual applications. Eg: Windows Media Player has his own settings regarding this. This means you first need to enable the use of 'overlay video' in your drivers and also set WMP so it uses overlay video. If you do that then the video will be played inside WMP in the window on your main monitor and full screen on your second monitor (or vice versa).
All I can suggest is to browse all the different options you can set in the driver options for your video card and study them. Reading the (online) help files, manual, etc...
Also note that not all games/sofware support multi moni use (and if do they, they might not support it in the individual way you'd whish).